Beautiful Souls: The Courage and Conscience of Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times

by Eyal Press

Book Overview

"A fascinating study in the better angels of our nature."--George Packer, The New Yorker

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice

History has produced many specimens of the banality of evil, but what about its flip side, what impels ordinary people to defy the sway of authority and convention? Through these dramatic stories of unlikely resisters, Eyal Press' Beautiful Souls shows that the boldest...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250024080
• ISBN13: 9781250024084
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Picador USA
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.1"